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No, chickens molt once a year (occasionally more) to replace damaged feathers. It just happens that they tend to do it in the fall, replacing the damaged feathers right before the cold of winter sets in (damaged feathers are not as effective for keeping warm).
Yes, and it's triggered...
She is a Sicilian Buttercup - one of my original girls. This is the hardest molt any of my birds have gone through. She's 2 1/2 years old.
Kathy, you cheater! Nothing makes them look more pathetic than when they are wet! I'm waiting for my English Orps to molt - they are just past a year...